A little teaser

Nothing too new to report, but I thought I'd give a brief update. All my travel plans are set and I take off October 29th and tentatively return in February. Dortmund is first up and racing starts Nov. 2nd. One mixed blessing for this trip is that it solves one of the greatest personal conflicts I've had in a long time, namely whether to be a mormon or a sperm for Halloween. Because of the national ban on candy corn little German children all around... Germany... are deprived of the joy of Hallowen, which of course is a celebration of the many glorious uses of corn syrup.

I'll also still be looking for sponsors throughout the season. Since firming up the trip I've been able to nail down a few more arrangements, but here some things I could still use:

-Dollars
-Euros
-Swiss Francs
-Danish Crowns

I think that about sums it up. Some other notes of interest, there will be a gear restriction this year that comes out to about a 49x15 or 52x16. Not too big a deal since that's what ended up feeling right last year and not many people ride anything bigger, but still curious. Last year the Danes experimented with big gears at a few races (52x15) and could get about half a lap almost immediately but then blew pretty catastrophically. That was lesson enough for me.

A great website to check out if you speak Dutch and/or like 6-days is http://www.bf-one.com/. Replicated from that site for your titillation are some things to expect in the coming weeks/months from the always shocking world of European track racing:



Oh yes. And also some of this:



BUT, hopefully, there will be plenty of this as well: